Bale-tie.



1). J'. WINN.

BALE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1913.

1,095,482. 7 Patented May 5, 1914. I

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON. n. c.

TE. srrns DAVID JAMES WINN, OF SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.

BALE-TIE.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Serial No. 769,637.

To all whom "it mayconcem Be it known that I, DAVID J AMES WINN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Sumter, in the county ofSumter and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bale-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

There are many reasons why a bale tie made of wire is a desirable one touse, especially in baling cotton. With the present style of bale tiehaving fiat bands they re quired to be painted to prevent rusting andgenerally a coal tar paint is used which allows the cotton to sticktothe tie. This cotton is hard to get off and causes a considerable lossin a large mill and the bands, being of flat iron, get bent and twistedand are hard to straighten and put in condition to use again. Again, thebuckles being loose a good many drop off and get into the cotton whenthe bales are opened at the mill and sometimes get into the machineryand start a fire.

My invention consists in the novel conordinary galvanized wire is usedfor the. bands, and the buckles are formed of like cross section ofmaterial and remain permanently connected to one end ofthe wire and areof cheap and inexpensive construction,

easy to apply and easy to remove, and at the same time allowing there-use of the wire.

My invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of theparts which I will now proceed to describe with reference to thedrawing, in which: I

Figure 1 is a top plan View. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, showingthe bale tie applied to a bale. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, butshowing the position of parts in looking and unlocking the tie, and Fig.4 is a sectional view, showing a simplified modification of the buckle.

In the drawings, B and 13 represent the opposite ends of a galvanizedwire tie.

C is a closed or continuous circular ring of uniform cross section andof smooth round material.

A is a tongue of somewhat greater length than the diameter of the ring.This tongue is permanently connected to one side of the ring by beingbent around the same and the other end lies on top of and projectsbeyond the other side of the ring. The longitudinal axis of the tonguelies entirely above and to one side of the plane of the ring. Inconnecting the tongue to the ring its end ais bent under and around thecross section of the ring and then up to the body of the tongue at apoint about midway the length of the tongue, and terminates below thetongue and in abutting contact therewith, so as to produce an elongatedloops which permits the tongue to slide back and forth longitudinallywith a slip connection and to have a pivotal connection with the ringand also to slide loosely around the ring to any diametrical positionthereon.

In applying the bale tie, one end of the bale wire B is looped aroundone side of the ring and its connection is made secure by twisting. Thetongue A of the buckle is then slid back over the rin by reason of theloop 8 until the end 6 is off the other side of thering, as in Fig. 8.The other end B of the bale wire is then bent to form a loop 6 which isinserted under the ring and pushed up through the same until the end 6of the tongue can be entered through the loop and then the tongue A ismoved bodily and longitudinally forward until the end 6 is caught overthe ring G, as in Fig. 2,in which position it is retained by the tensionof the bale wire when the compression of the bale D is relaxed. When thebale tie is to be removed from the bale, the tongue A is forced backuntil the end a is off of the ring and then the loop 6 of the wire bandescapes therefrom, as seen in Fig. 3.

In constructing the ring C I prefer to make it circular, so that thetongue A may slide around to any diametrical position on the same andtins prevent the weakening of the ring by concentration of wear at onepoint, but the ring C may be made oval like a link, if desired.

With the form of buckle as described, the wire hand does not need to beout, but can be removed intact from the bale and used again.

As a modificat-iom'or, rather, simplification, of my invention, thetongue may be pivotally connected to the ring by being 'wrapped at oneend around it to form a close fitting eye a, as seen in Fig. 4. Thistongue has no longitudinal movement, but in applying the wire the tongueA is swung up as in dotted lines and the loop 5 of the wire is raised upa little higher to be swung over it. wire is effected by cutting thewire. at a predetermined distance from the buckle so as to leave all theold wires of uniform length.

In this case the release of the bale In pointing out the distinguishingfeatures of my invention, I would call attention to the plain. smooth,circular ring C of continuous curvature and uniform cross section whichpermits the tongue to occupy varying diametrical positions on the ring,which not only distributes wear, but allows the angular position of thetongue to be changed in case the ring becomes elongated under tension,also the fact that the tongue is a single loose radially swinging barmade in one piece, and further that the end (6 of the elongated loop iscarried up to abut-ting contact with the under side of the tongue nearthe middle, where it terminates and forms a brace or support for thetongue to resist any downward bending of the tongue under the greatstrain of the tension of the bale wire.

I claim:

1. A bale tie consisting of a ring of continuous curvature and uniformunobstructed cross section a single radially swinging tongue looselyconnected to one side of the ring by having its end bent around the sameand capable of sliding entirely around the ring and having its free endextending across the other side of the ring.

2. A bale tie consisting of a ring of continuous curvature and uniformunobstructed cross section a single 'adially swinging tongue looselyconnected to one side of the ring by having its end bent around the samein the form. of an elongated. loop With its end carried up to abuttingcontact with the under side of the tongue near the middle I andterminating thereagainst and having its free end. extending across theother side of the ring.

3. A bale tie consisting of a ring of continuous curvature and uniformunobstructed cross section, a single radially swinging tongue looselyconnected to one side of the ring by having its end bent around thesameand having its free end extending across the other side of the ring,in combination with a hale wire having one end looped around one side ofthe ring and the other end formed into a loop and extended under thering and over the free end of the tongue.

l. bale tie consisting of a ring of con tinuous mirvature and uniformunobstructed cross section, a single radially swinging tongue looselyconnected to one side of the ring by having its end bent around the samein the form of an elongated loop with its end carried up to abuttingcontact with the under side of the tongue near the middle andterminating thereagainst and having its free end extending across theother side of the ring, in combination with a. bale wire having one endlooped around one side of the ring and the other end formed into a loopand extended under the ring and over the free end of the tongue.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID JAMES \VINN.

\Vitnesses 2 T. V. WALSH, J. 1. Fannie.

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